OS= CentOS 5.4, 64bit.

I've always had great luck using dd to copy entire disks, and booting on other 
systems.  However, I'm having difficulty with a couple systems.  I boot using 
an install DVD so the OS disk is quiet, and dd to my target disk:

# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1024k

/dev/sdb is the blank disk.  The disks are 2T.  After a few hours the operation 
is complete.  But when I try to boot the new disk on my other system, I get the 
following errors after the CentOS boot menu (it counts down to boot the default 
disk fine, then this error):

  (screen shot at   
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/645/centosbooterror.jpg   )

I've read posts regarding the /dev/root error, and they talk about rebuilding 
initrd.  I've tried some of the fixes mentioned, but have had no success.
All I can think of is slightly different hardware on the new system where I'm 
trying to boot, but I'm not sure what the difference could be.
They're both 64bit SuperMicro systems.

If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear.

Thanks!
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